On Tuesday afternoon, Hall of Famer receiver Jerry Rice, a teammate with Brown on that Raiders team, said on ESPN that he was surprised when Callahan changed the Raiders’ offensive game plan two days before playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the Lombardi Trophy on Jan. 26, 2003. The Bucs went on to win the game 48-21.

"For some reason — and I don't know why — Bill Callahan did not like me," Rice said. "In a way, maybe because he didn't like the Raiders, he decided, ‘Hey look, maybe we should sabotage this a little bit and let Jon Gruden go out and win this one.'"

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If players think Bill Callahan was bad, what did they (I realize Rice and Brown weren't on the team at the time but other players) think of Lane Kiffin who might just be the biggest a-hole in football history

Read this elsewhere, and while in no way do I think he sabotaged the team, it is intriguing that he had a game plan the Bucs never would've expected, and then changed it close to the Super Bowl to one they had been completely preparing for.

Read this elsewhere, and while in no way do I think he sabotaged the team, it is intriguing that he had a game plan the Bucs never would've expected, and then changed it close to the Super Bowl to one they had been completely preparing for.

Maybe as the game came closer he became less confident with riding Charles Garner in the Super Bowl and decided instead to go with what got him there: The NFL MVP, the greatest receiver to ever play football, and another future hall of fame receiver. Had he stuck with the game plan the cries of sabotage would have been louder, and more legitimate, as it would have also failed, but they would have looked foolish in the process.